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E002310 - Hutchinson, James (1796 - 1870)
Title:
Hutchinson, James (1796 - 1870)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002310
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-05-02
Description:
Obituary for Hutchinson, James (1796 - 1870), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hutchinson, James
Date of Birth:
6 May 1796
Date of Death:
9 July 1870
Place of Death:
Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope
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Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS December 4th 1818

FRCS (by election) August 26th 1844

MA Marischal College Aberdeen 1817
Details:
Born on May 6th, 1796, the son of John Hutchinson, RN, of Lettercross, Stonehaven; entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on April 6th, 1819, and was promoted Surgeon on November 18th, 1829. He was at one time Secretary of the Medical Board, Calcutta. He was one of the twenty-nine officers of the HEIC's Medical Service who were elected Fellows on August 26th, 1844. He retired on July 17th, 1845, and died at Belle Ombre, Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, on July 9th, 1870. Publications: *Indian Diseases and Prison Observations on some of the most Important Points connected with the Consideration and Treatment of Cholera Asphyxia*, Calcutta, 1832. Dedicated to Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, Governor-General. *A Report on the Medical Management of the Native Jails*, to which are added some observations on the principal diseases to which native prisoners are liable, 1835; 2nd ed, 1845. He was also learned in Hindustani, translating from and into that language.
Sources:
Crawford's *History of the Indian Medical Service*, ii, 252
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002300-E002399
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